Armenia’s prosecutor general files motion to strip retired army general of immunity
Armenia’s Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan has filed a motion on initiating criminal proceedings against the Republican MP Manvel Grigoryan and stripping him of his parliamentary immunity.
In a statement released by the Prosecutor General’s Office on Monday, Davtyan states all the necessary evidence has been obtained to deprive Grigoryan of liberty as a measure of restraint.
He has applied to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to convene an extraordinary session of the National Assembly to grant his motion.
Grigoryan, a retired army general and chairman of the Yerkrapah Volunteer Union, was arrested on 16 June after security officers found and confiscated a large quantity of “illegally acquired” arms and ammunition, as well as explosives in his villa.
He is also suspected of appropriating the goods, including food, hygiene items, medicine and clothing sent to the servicemen as assistance during the 2016 April War.